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Margarita was born in the north of Spain, and moved to the United Kingdom after graduating, in 2008, from Escuela Politectica Superior of Burgos with a degree in Civil Engineering. A civil engineer with seven years’ experience of working within geotechnical works-including foundations, earthworks, anchors and grouting- Margarita joined OTB to develop her design skills and practical constructi...

Ahsan was born in Pakistan, but moved to Monte San Guisto in central Italy when he was young. Graduating from Marche Polytechnic University with a Bsc and Msc in Engineering, Ahsan comes highly recommended from UCL, where he recently completed a 6 month traineeship studying and researching the chemical behaviour of thermal piles. His interests are principally in soil structure interaction and nu...

OTB would like to congratulate Eoin Murphy on being selected as a finalist for the Harding Prize by the British Tunnelling Society (BTS). Eoin’s submission was a paper titled 'Construction of Farnworth Tunnels'. The award-winning Farnworth project involved enlarging an existing railway tunnel by building a new tunnel over and through the existing tunnel. The significant challenge was to complete these works whilst maintaining an operational...